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Indigenous peoples resume occupation of Brazil's Belo Monte dam site
2013-09-19 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: 150 indigenous protesters have once again occupied the Belo Monte dam site in an effort to block the controversial project, reports Amazon Watch, an NGO that is helping lead the fight against the dam. Amazon watch says that members of the Parakan and Juruna indigenous communities blocked a key access road, shutting down construction activities for the day. It was the eighth occupation since 2012. This demonstration aimed to push the government to respect the tribes' rights as well as earlier...
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RPM International Moves Up In Market Cap Rank, Passing People's United Financial
2013-09-14 05:54:42| Chemicals - Topix.net
Market capitalization is an important data point for investors to keep an eye on, for various reasons.
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People's Choice winners in auto-related categories
2013-08-15 08:40:24| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
Brighton Ford was named best auto dealer in voting for the 2013 Daily Press & Argus People's Choice Awards.
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Development and indigenous peoples: creating community-owned solutions
2013-08-09 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Perhaps the most well-worn cliché in the field of development is the saying "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." While it's difficult to disagree with the sentiment that building community capacity in order to be self-sufficient is better than providing a quick fix to a temporary crisis, the implication is always that experts must come in and 'teach' the community how to find solutions to their problems. This would be perfectly...
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Rich peoples bodies are polluted with different, more expensive toxins
2013-08-05 21:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Oh sure, the modern world guarantees that our bodies are little more than Tupperwares filled with poison. But you dont really expect the rich to have the same toxins as you and me, do you? Plebeian toxins? Perish the thought. No, rich people harbor a higher class of contaminants, ones they pick up from eating seafood and lounging on the beach. According to researchers at the University of Exeter, relying on data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, poor people are more...
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